Case EPR purchase decision at Benton Manufacturing company ITM R 6:00pm-10:00pm FALL 2014 Date:11/13/2014 INTRODUCTION (5 Points) Benton Manufacturing Company‚ Inc.‚ is a U.S. manufacturer of consumer durables with reported net sales in 1998 of nearly $1billion and operating profits of almost $180 million. In North America alone‚ the company operates 7 factories and 57 distribution centers while employing 5‚200 people. Recently‚ through the acquisitions of several companies Benton’s product lines
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Case Study ‘Blu-ray versus HD-DVD: A Standards Battle in High-Definition Video’ Discussion Questions 1. What factors do you think influenced whether (1) consumers‚ (2) retailers or (3) movie producers supported Blu-ray versus HD-DVD? Every party in this standards battle had its own reasons for chosing one standard over the other. For instance‚ the motives for movie producers to choose Blu-ray were completely different from the motives for consumers to choose Blu-ray. In our opinion‚ the
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1. Introduction 1.1 History: Wal-Mart first stuck its toe into Mexico in 1991 through a joint venture with Cifra‚ Mexico’s leading retail company‚ initially limited to developing Sam’s Club warehouse stores in Mexico. The tremendous success of the first Sam’s Club stores and the impending passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) encouraged further collaboration‚ and Wal-Mart and Cifra expanded their joint venture through the 1990s. Wal-Mart purchased a majority stake in Cifra in
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Case 3: Ben & Jerry’s 1) Ben & Jerry’s has not been successful in fulfilling all three elements of its mission statement. Ben & Jerry’s has been successful in the element of “Product”; they have continued to make‚ distribute‚ and sell the finest quality super premium ice cream in a wide variety of flavors. Ben & Jerry’s has also been successful in the element of “Social”. Since 1985 Ben & Jerry’s has donated 7.5% of its pretax earnings to various social foundations and
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Case 3-1: Brant Freezer Company References Copacino‚ W. C.‚ & Rosenfield‚ D. B. (1987). Methods of logistics systems analysis. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management‚ 17(6)‚ 38-38. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/232591012?accountid=32521 Murphy Jr.‚ P.‚ & Wood‚ D. (2011). Contemporary logistics (10th Ed.). Prentice Hall‚ Boston MA. Sarimvels‚ H.‚ Patrinos‚ P.‚ Tarantilis‚ C. D.‚ & Kiranoudis‚ C. T. (2008). Dynamic modeling
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Case 3.1 Enron: Understanding the Client’s Business and Industry Price‚ Ria; Walters‚ Jessica 1. Inherent risk‚ a component of the audit risk model‚ refers to the susceptibility of the accounts to material misstatement‚ without regard to the systems internal controls. Inherent risk is a function of the nature of the client’s business‚ the major types of transactions‚ and the effectiveness and integrity of its managers and accountants. A clear understanding of the audit client’s business model is essential in assessing
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Case 3 LEADERSHIP STYLES AND MOTIVATION TO WORK Brako is a small manufacturing company that produces parts for the automobile industry. The company has several patents on parts that fit in the brake assembly of nearly all domestic and foreign cars. Each year‚ the company produces 3 million parts that it ships to assembly plants throughout the world. To produce the parts‚ Brako runs three shifts with about 40 workers on each shift. The supervisors for the three shifts (Art‚ Bob‚ and Carol) are experienced
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Case 3-51 Pages 115 -117 1. Why might Koss management have placed so much trust in Sachdeva‚ along with minimal supervision and monitoring? Koss management might have placed so much trust in Sachdeva because she was is such a high position. She worked in the company as Vice President‚ when you are that high on the totem pole‚ you are given trust that you know what you are doing and that you want what is best for the company. Companies don’t hand out positions to people that
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recommend a way forward. Main Issue: As other automotive manufacturers‚ Renault was facing an overproduction problem‚ combined with a breakdown of national markets. After their plan of early retirement of some of their employees was rejected by the French government‚ Renault’s chairman‚ Louis Schweitzer‚ announced completely unexpectedly that it would reduce employees by closing the Vilvoorde plant.Consequently‚ 3‚100 Renault workers and an estimated 3‚000 employees in direct supply companies would
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Case Problem Set 3: Problem 1: Young Professional magazine was developed for a target audience of recent college graduates who are in their first 10 years in a business/professional career. In its two years of publication the magazine has been fairly successful. Now the publisher is interested in expanding the magazine’s advertising base. Potential advertisers continually ask about the demographics and interests of subscribers to Young Professional. To collect this information the magazine has
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